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Thursday, November 29, 2012

NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was received from our friends at FamilySearch.org. Please address all inquiries to support@familysearch.org.

New Free Records for Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and
United States Collections

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added more than 18.1 million free indexed records and digital images
to its growing collections. Recent additions include more than 6
million images from Oklahoma Probate Records of the United States from
1887-2008. Also of interest are 5,522,462 new browsable images for 11
Italy communities, including Palermo, and 758,398 new images for
Portugal collections from 1533-1946. See the table below for the full
list of updates.

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